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Justice For Keenan And Reuben

May 5th. 2016.All four accused in the Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez murder have been charged guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. link

Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez were murdered in October 2011, by a gang of men armed with knives and sickles. Keenan and Reuben had stepped in to support their friend who had been harassed by the the gang members, just outside the Amboli Bar and Restaurant in Mumbai.The four accused of murder are Jitendra Rana (25), Sunil Bote (20), Satish Dulgaj (35) and Deepak Tival (19) . They were arrested by the police the same night.

The verdict on the Keenan and Reuben Case will be announced tomorrow, May 5, 2016.

Valerian Santos, father of Keenan Santos, has been in court rooms since 2011.

Mr. Valerian spoke of how enabling environment and processes after a crime, are part of what his idea of justice constitutes.

Q: What does justice mean to you?

"Justice is in not making the victim's family run around , wait so long, when they are already suffering. Justice is immediate. It should not take this long. A fast track case should be fast tracked.When justice is delayed, the victims family suffers. "